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Welfare, Unit Asks Emergency Appropriation SEE STORY BELOW Sunny, Mild THEMLY HOME Sunny and mild today. Fair and cool tonight. Sunny, mild again tomorrow. I -&ar / FINAL <8ee P«« J) Monmouth County's Home Newspaper for 90 Years VOL. 91, NO. 59 RED BANK, N. J., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1968 TEN CENTS Four Matawan Seniors Deny School Biased ByBOBBRAMLEY avoid violence and to solve mutual problems. "1. We arc aware, and we also feel that the faculty "5. We believe that for a responsible integrated cur- They also declared emphatically that there is no dis- is aware, of the so-called 'leaning-on' by some students in riculum to be achieved in our school, careful research must MATAWAN TOWNSHIP— The first public reaction from our school. Any grievances between students sliould be aired students to pressure on the regional school system by Black crimination in their school. "Any black student who has the be- done. The Board of Education must be given the time nec- desire to achieve can do it; anyone, black or white, can take and discussed. Differences of opinion can be expressed with- essary to give this problem the attention it deserves. We Youth in Action for an integrated curriculum came yester- out incidents of violence. Constant tension should not exist day when four Matawan Regional High School seniors re- any course. And our teachers do not discriminate," the four want the board to act on this issue as promptly as can be seniors agreed. among the students. done. However, we will not be satisfied unless the purpose leased an open letter to students, faculty and administration of reaching a representative solution is met. We will not in which they said there is no discrimination in the school. Addition of material representing black contributions to "2. We are not opposed to an integrated curriculum. However, the particular events and contributions to American abide with an appeasement, The students, Richard Rosenblatt, Louis Celentano, Chris history and culture should be made according to their im- "By the above statements, we hope to clarify our positions portance and on their merits, not on a black or white basis culture should be measured by their importance and not by Houlihan and Alan Spielman, were those who advised white ethnic groups. If the courses are to achieve true integration, on the issues at hand. It is not our intention to offend, but students to go home Tuesday when black youngsters blocked , and not merely to pacify black students, the four young men particular groups cannot be singled out. rather to inform all concerned parties of the opinions of our- school corridors and the doors of the school cafeteria. More stated. selves as individuals and of the people we are speaking for. than half the white students, including almost all juniors and THE STATEMENT "3. We are definitely opposed to an elective course in "Signed, seniors, left the school at lunch time, the four reported. Their statement, which they reported represents the feel- black history. We feel this would tend to draw our students apart. If allowed, this might lead to an Irish art class, a Richard Rosenblatt "We left to avoid violence, not just to get a day off," ing of most white students who walked out of school Tuesday, German shop class, a course in Italian literature or an all- Louis Celentano they explained. If the black students sit in again, the walk- follows: Jewish band. Chris Houlihan out will probably be repeated for the same reason, they "We as concerned individuals feel the necessity of stat- Alan Spielman." added, explaining that teachers and administrators supported ing our views on the crisis currently facing our school. The "4. We feel that the demonstration by the black students After observing Tuesday's sit-in of black students at their their action. - — feelings we intend to voice are not only ours, but are shared in our school will not achieve the desired effect. The Board school, the four seniors spent until 2 a.m. yesterday compos- The four students stressed their willingness to talk to by a considerable number of our fellow students, as was of Education will soon be pressured into a very haphazard ing their statement. It will be reproduced and distributed to black students at any time to determine how to continue to evidenced by the walkout of numerous students yesterday. program to pacify these dissatisfied students. students, black and white, throughout the school. Crime ControlPictured As Major State Concern TRENTON (AP)-The chair- He conceded that his commit- backing of Gov. Richard J. persede Mercer County prose- attorney general to supersede man of a legislative -commit- tee's hearings, which con- Hughes. He agreed to autho- cutor Vincent R. Panaro in them if he wished, according tee considering a proposal to cluded yesterday affter three rize the investigation by Atty. order to have subpoena pow- to an aide to Sills. establish a new state Depart- days, may not have produced Gen. Arthur J. Sills. ers to call witnesses before a Sills announced Tuesday that ment of Criminal Justice pic- unanimity on the controversial A spokesman for Hughes Grand Jury. Sills said he chose he would seek special powers tured New Jersey today as proposal for the new depart- said the governor supported Mercer County for conve- for the investigation after showing a new concern with ment. Sills' plans but that the de- nience because his own office learning of testimony pre- controlling organized crime. The extraordinary investiga- tails of the investigation had was located in Trenton, the sented to the Senate Commit- Sen. Joseph C. Woodcock, tion into charges that official not been worked out. county seat. tee on Law and Public Safety. R-Bergen, said, "At last the corruption was contributing Wants Mercer But the prosecutors of Hud Henry S. Ruth Jr., a law hearings produced an investi- to the spread of organized Sills said he asked the gov- son and Middlesex Counties professor at the University of gation into organized crime." crime in the state received the ernor for authorization to su- said they would also allow the Pennsylvania, and Robert Bla- key, a Notre Dame law pro ATTENDING CLASS — Columbia University student rebels and their supporters fessor, charged that New Jer- listen to speaker in lecture room in Schermerhorn Hall on tha Columbia campus ranked high in the nation last night. (AP Wirephoto) in the amount of organized ene crime within its borders. Ruth, formerly with the U.S. Justice Department's orga- nized crime section, said "There's enough corruption in Rebels at Columbia Asked by Welfare Board New Jersey that organized crime can get most anything FREEHOLD — As a result The county will be asked to matching funds formula which and Chairman Ernest W. Lass it wants." But neither he nor of "wishful thinking" last Dec. restore $85,909' to the disabili- will provide that the county por- said was done "somewhat by Blakey would give the com- Storm In to Bu tiding 13, the Monmouth County Wel- ty assistance program, $501,192 tion of funds for the assistance whim." mittee specific names or fur- fare Board must now go to the for Aid to Dependent Children programs will not be more ther details. NEW YORK (AP) - Several hundred lutionaries from Italy, Mexico, Canada, Board member Charles W. Cites 'Irresponsibility' Board of Freeholders for an and $41,369 for medical assis- than 25 per cent of the non- Stephens said, "Next time we'll Columbia University student rebels pushed France, Germany and Sweden." emergency appropriation of tance to the aged — a total of federal share. The state will Sills said it was "the height —into a campus building last night for an Andrew-W-. Cordier is acting university - have to be more careful. This is of irresponsibility" to make unauthorized three-hour meeting climaxed $706,975 to carry on its pro- $611,235. make up the difference. not fair to the Board of Free- president. The six-day Conference of Euro- grams through the end of the There is an additional deficit Mr. Wells said the county's such charges without going in- by a noisy inarch around the grounds of the pean and American student activists be- holders." to specifics. Ivy League school. gan yesterday. ' year. in the administrative budget of share for the various programs (EMERGENCY, Pg. 3, Col. 4) The bad news came yester- $95,690, which the freeholders has varied from 20 to 40 per The attorney general said he The students and their supporters, led SHOUTS FOR MINH day from Deputy Welfare Di- will be asked to meet. The Wel- cent. was also aroused by a Repub- by a man carrying a red flag, stormed into Starting to lead the march, Rudd called lican bill in the legislature >to Schermerhorn Hall, shoving aside a campus for revocation of the university's charter rector Fred N. Scovell, who fare Board had ordered a cut 4,800 Families establish a new state Depart- said an arbitrary cut of 10 per of $92,460. In its five assistance pro- guard who pleaded with them, "I'll lose and shouted "Ho Chi Minh!" His follow- GIs Blast ment of Criminal Justice which my job." ers picked up the chant and the march cent in the overall budget or- But there was good news grams, the Welfare Board pro- would strip his office of juris- dered by the Welfare Board from Welfare Director Robert vides aid to 4,800 families, in- The university had withdrawn previous • began. The crowd dispersed quietly after diction over criminal mailers, permission for a campus meeting due to .

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